Buddy Raudy Crime Comedy on Netflix is ​​a mystery of murder as colorful as his characters

By Robert Scucci
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Like a huge fan of American team: World Police and Avenue QI was beyond exciting when I tripped The happy murdersMystery Comedy of Neo-noir Raunchy action with puppets, while scrolling through a Netflix catalog. I almost started shaking when I learned that the legendary son of the legendary Jim Henson, was instructed The happy murders Because I was expecting a great puppet design that would at least make his father, the Og, proud.

Although I have no complaints about the puppet movements and their voice in action, The happy murders In the end of the ultimate disappointment because he has everything he needs to be an effective comedy, but he constantly stumbles for himself to convey his point.

Puppets against human beings

In a world where puppets and humans are generally separated, The happy murders In introducing us to the private eye of hard -boiled puppets, Phil Phillips (Bill Barretta), a former Gop that used to work alongside Detective Connie Edwards (Melissa McCarthy).

Phil was the first puppet allowed on the police, but his tenure ended after rescue Botched led to the death of an innocent man 12 years earlier. Working as an individual practitioner, Sandra (Dorien Davies) contacts Phil to find out who’s blackmail for $ 350, which makes no sense because she is willing to pay Phil $ 300 a day, plus expenses, to solve the case, when he could have given the same easy to pay the Blackmailer and move on to her life.

In the meantime, puppet cast members from The happy gang slowly killed by an unknown attacker, leading to Lt. Banning (Leslie David Baker) hires Phil as a consultant to work alongside Connie, who wants nothing to do with him after the incident that he had fired from the police in the first place.

The beats are all there

In the face of, The happy murders He has all the traps for a sound raunchy crime comedy, but somehow it falls apart because he is missing one element that would really make it satire next level. Like Mr. Bumblypants (Kevin Clash), Phil’s brother and star from The happy gang Mae Larry (Victor Yerrid), Lyle (Kevin Clash, unwaith eto), a Goofer (Drew Massey) yn cael eu dileu yn systematig o dan amgylchiadau cynyddol amheus, does dim prinder lladd creadigol a fydd yn eich gadael mewn pwythau (bwriad pun), ond nid oes digon ar y sgrin i gadw’r ffilm honno i gadw’r ffilm honno i gadw cemeg y ffilm i gadw’r ffilm honno i gadw cemeg honno i gadw cemeg honno i gadw’r ffilm That to keep chemistry keeps that film to keep that film to keep the chemistry of the film.

This is especially disappointed when we learn the reason behind the murders early: The happy gang Going to syndicate, huge payments are about to be made to its main cast, and someone is trying to reap the benefits by exchanging their legacy by ensuring that they never receive those checks; It is an indigenous story and is a very fun mystery to be part of it as a viewer.

Melissa McCarthy is perfect for Detective Connie Edwards’ role The happy murdersand her performance is commendable puppet peers, and his superior, Lt. Banning, it does nothing more than send its lines flat. During heating, full of contamination exchanges between Detective Connie Edwards and Phil Phillips, the more you get from Lt. Prohibition in his efforts to deconstruct the situation is to “come on now,” when he should be barking orders about how the Mayor is going to get his ass if they do not do things by the books, or some perfect context working in this line.

Disappointed, but a solid test of concept

As much as I wanted to love The happy murdersSimply put, it’s too all about the place to be enjoyable. The sexually driven puppets scenes (you know when you see them) are funny alone because they are so overwhelming and disgusting, but not necessarily drive the storytelling on. Melissa McCarthy Commands every scene in which she is in, but none of her human fellowship seems to follow her guidance and correspond to her enthusiasm. And when you put it all together, you get a mess of delivery and unmatched jokes that they are not landing because the energy between the people says is inconsistent.

As a proof of concept, The happy murders A powerful effort, and I would love to see the cast and crew have a second chance because there are some real high-laughing moments throughout the film. At this front, however, it is all less than the total of its parts.

From this writing, The happy murders streaming on Netflix.